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Everyone has a passion and a story to tell. Something that lights them up. On this show we talk to fascinating people about the things that really matter to them and to all of us. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s deep, every time… we learn something new.
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S3E7 Graham Griffith Really Wants to Talk About Sense-Making and the Future of Journalism
Graham Griffith, also known as GG, is an open-source program designer and journalism missionary. He is a media strategist and audio producer who launched the award-winning national radio programs On…
S3E6 Mike Savage Really Wants to Talk About the FCC and the Future of Public Media
Mike Savage is the General Manager of WEKU, a public radio service of Eastern Kentucky University. WEKU serves Lexington, and much of Eastern, Northern and Central Kentucky. We dive right into a…
S3E5 Tony Crachiolo Really Wants to Talk About a Different--And Better--Kind of Food Bank.
Tony Crachiolo is the volunteer Director of the Berea Kentucky Food Bank. The organization's goal is that hunger never finds a home in Berea. In ten years the food bank has more than doubled the…
S3E4 Dr Madeline Rogers really wants to talk about making classical music accessible and the role faith and community play in her musical journey
Dr Madeline Rogers is a virtuosic concert pianist and music educator. We have a lively conversation about connecting today's audiences to classical music and about how her musical journey has been…
S3E3 Shaniqua Robinson really wants to talk about teaching Black History and reclaiming her Appalachian roots.
Shaniqua Robinson is the Executive Director of The Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky. We talk about her work helping teachers center Black History in the curriculum. Shaniqua also…
S3E2 Rick Childers Really Wants To Talk About Writing, Recovery and the Power of Edcuation
Rick is a writer and a native of Estill County, Kentucky. His debut novel, Turkeyfoot (Shotgun Honey Books), focuses on the influx of fentanyl in Appalachia. He lives with his family in Eastern…
S3E1 Sam Gleaves, a wonderful bluegrass and old time musician and singer, talks about his musical journey and the "sheroes" who have influenced his life and career.
Sam Gleaves is a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and music instructor from Wytheville, Virginia. He began studying and playing old-time music as a teen. Sam has performed and taught Appalachian…
S2E7 Mayor Bruce Fraley Really Wants to Talk About Economic Development in the Bluegrass
Bruce Fraley is the 5th Mayor of Berea Kentucky. He is serving his second term and plans to run for a third. He is very excited about a program that will create new building sites in this part of the…
S2E6 Jeffrey Sanderson Really Wants to Talk About Abstract Painting and Improvisational Creativity
Jeffrey Sanderson is a painter based in Chicago where he has been engaged in an intuitive and exploratory home studio practice steadily for over 20 years. Jeff says. “My work depends upon and…
S2E5 Christina Cornelison Really Wants to Talk About Libraries and Free Access to Information
Christina Cornelison is the Director of the Madison County Public Library with branches in Richmond and Berea Kentucky. In a county with fewer than 100,000 residents her libraries welcome more than…
S2E4 Larry Gratton Really Wants to Talk About Vintage Motorcycles
Larry Gratton is a husband and a dad and a math professor. He is also crazy about vintage motorcycles. We talk about his passion for solving the puzzle of restoring old bikes to new glory--especially…
S2E3 Tom Martin Really Wants to Talk About the Power of Radio
As Happy Chandler once said, “I never met a Kentuckian who wasn’t on his way home.” Tom Martin is native of Morehead, Kentucky and has come home after a long and illustrious career in radio…
S2E2 Emily Hilliard Really Wants to Talk About Folk Music
Emily Hilliard is the folklorist at Berea College in Kentucky, and the co-owner of Spinster, a feminist record label. We talk about her lifelong passion for folk music and folkways and how it has…
S2E1 Dr. Collis Robinson Really Wants to Talk About the Power of Education to Transform Lives
Dr Collis Robinson is the Dean of Labor at Berea College. He is the first in his family to go to college and earn a degree. We talk about the positive and powerful influence teachers and schools have…
S1E15 Gary Price Really Wants to Talk About Parenting an Autistic Child
Gary Price is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He is the co-founder and editor of Library Journal’s infoDOCKET. He is a…
S1E14 Dr. E.J. Stokes Really Wants to Talk About Creating a Beloved Community
Dr Emmanuel Joshua Stokes—E.J.—wants to spread Beloved Community everywhere he goes. In this deep, meaningful and joyful conversation we discuss how to build beloved community, how to lift up those…
S1E13 Katie Startzman Really Wants to Talk About Gardening, Public Gardens and the Perennial Movement
Katie Startzman is the founder and owner of Native Bagel and Night Jar, two very successful eateries in Berea KY. She went from operating a food cart to running an amazing brick and mortar restaurant…
S1E12 Former host of NPR's Only A Game and writer, Bill Littlefield and I talk about his funny and poignant novel, Mercy.
Bill Littlefield is a retired radio host, writer, teacher, and public speaker.He has written nine books, seven of which have been published. For 34 years he wrote and voiced commentaries for WBUR in…
S1E11 Cam McWhirter Really Wants to Talk About James Weldon Johnson
Cam McWhirter is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, and the co-author of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15. He feels strongly that we all need to know more about James Weldon Johnson.…
S1E10 Eric Adelstein Really Wants to Talk About the Cleveland Browns
Eric is the founder and Partner of AL Media a political consulting and media company that has managed campaigns and produced effective political ads and media for presidential campaigns, senatorial…
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What I Really Want to Talk About has published 29 episodes since May 2025, covering topics in Society & Culture.
What I Really Want to Talk About is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 47m.
